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228 that the claim of the Bureau thereto be released and that said company be permitted to retain and enjoy the above mentioned buildings without any interference from the Agents of the Bureau. I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt, (Sd) Edward Wright Rec & Dist Officer The above recommendation is hereby approved, and the Agents of this Bureau will not interfere in any way with the enjoyment and use of the within mentioned buildings by the Tallassee Manufacturing Co. (Sd) Wager Swayne Bvt Maj Genl and Asst Commissioner Office Asst Comsr Bureau R.F. & A.L. Montg'y Feb 3rd 1866 Mr G.B. Ellis Coosa. Co. Ala. Sir; Lucy a Freedwoman states in this office that you have possession of her grandchild, that you decline giving it up to her. You have no right to prevent the girl Lucy assuming charge of the child. [[strikethrough]] If the assumed parents or grandparents [[/strikethrough]] You have no right to raise the question as to the legitimacy of the child. If the assumed parents or grandparents have have recognized or considered as such they 229 have the right to take charge of it. You will please deliver up the child to the girl Lucy. By order of Bvrt Maj Gen Wager Swayne A.A.G. Officer Asst Coms'r B.R.F & A.L. Mont. Ala. Feby 5th 1866 Mr. Y.M. Rabb. Evergreen, Ala. Contracts without Revenue Stamps thereon are invalid. You are authorized and directed to call on the parties, whose contracts were approved by Capt Davis and are remaining unstamped, to appear before you and have their contracts stamped according to law. The fee, authorized in General Orders No 14 from this office, will be collected by you where not already paid. By order of Bvt Maj Gen Wager Swayne A.A.G. Office Asst Coms'r B.R.F. & A.L. Montgomery, Ala. Feb 5th 1866 Hon Hugh McCulloch Secty of the Treasury Washington, D.C. Sir; I have been requested by my friend, Hon Wm Garrett, Secretary of State under the Provisional
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